Sunday, September 30, 2012

I can't decide on the rug for our library! Here are my choices so far, take note, none of them are wool , size-wise 7x9 -8x10 and mostly are OUTDOOR rugs, I just think it's more practical since it will be a fairly high-traffic area with mess from school work complicating things...

Sunday, September 23, 2012

The book shelves turned out to be amazing don't you think?! Too good that I actually told my hubby, "Hon, did you really build this?!" Ha! He smiled. I did the finishing touches of course, but in the end I have to give full credit to my one and only for this great project. If you wanna see how we did this click here and here.

Office part is on the right

We moved our old table (from CB2) from the breakfast area to the library for a bigger desk everyone can use. We also moved two of our chairs from the same room here.

Here are some closer shots of the bookshelves...

My shelf on the far left

As you can see, a lot of my milk glass collection, and other decorative objects are out on display YEY! I also opened a book and placed some of the books facing front for display.

Books and Knick-knacks all together

Still need to buy some baskets to hide unsightly stuff

All set for our family to hopefully, happily, do work and homework together

Office chair ready for a turn around when needed

The rug is temporary, it's a utility rug that cost me $9 from Menards! I am still deciding on the proper color of rug for this space, I may need your help on that to decide. For now, this will do so our hardwood floors are protected.

Office Area

I placed the office supplies and shredder and printer into one of the old bookcases we have in this room. Mail sorter is on the right.

Certificates of Achievement

Call us old-fashioned, but we feel that our achievements in education should be up for display since we want our kids to be inspired and know that such achievements are of great importance in our family. :-)

I also have a bookcase for the kids stuff, that's a whole other post all together though.

Hope you enjoyed our Library, I know that this will be a regular hang-out spot for everyone in our house, not just for school work, but for enjoying books and reading in general. :-)

But they were way too expensive -$800++ each with shipping and taxes x 4! Plus it won't fit the space we want it in since we wanted a built in look.

I also thought of doing what Kate Riley did over at Centsational Girl when she made her Billy bookcases into built-ins!

Isn't this awesome??!

The only thing was, we have a lot of very heavy books, medical books that weigh as much as 7 lbs each! We were worried that the Billy might not hold it's shape and might sag in the middle eventually, so my husband said he really had to make the shelves thick and inserted on to the side walls itself.

We then painted the shelves in Eggshell finish, BEHR "Snow Fall"

Yup, that's me Painting away.. :-)

This shelves are now dry and ready for installation, watch out for it here soon!

I still remember my very FIRST POST, welcoming myself to the blogging world, not knowing if anyone will ever be interested in reading my blog other than my mother and hubby. :-) But here I am, with my page views from less than a hundred to some of my most popular posts being viewed 1700x!!!!After 146 posts, this being the 147th, I never thought I would and could last this long! Yehey!!!! I feel so BLESSED and HAPPY!So to all my family and friends who have been ever so supportive in looking and reading my mundane thoughts about my life and all my decorating adventures and ideas...

Monday, September 17, 2012

I remember a friend of mine (Hi Ann!), who's comment when she saw my closet was that I should change to these hangers ( I guess she saw how much of a pack rat I was and our closet is bursting at the seams with clothes). She warned me not to get the ones from TJ MAxx or Marshall's saying they were more flimsy.

So when the hangers went on sale - I said this was a "Sign" for me to upgrade!

And so we went from this...

Messy and tight

To this...

Hubby's side

My side

VERDICT : Before, I was not able to hang my skirts up here because the dresses took all the space. I had to put them at the bottom rack and usually, the hems would get dirty. After I switched, very true, more space in my closet! Yehey!

My skirts now in full view and with clean hems/edges

My tops arragned by color

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Pants still need the new hangers :-(

Hubbys suits and office shirts now fit on one rod

Only one drawback from this huggable hangers - they truly do HUG your clothes quite well - and adjusting them once you put the hangers inside is a little difficult.

But overall, I am glad I made the switch. It is double the price the regular plastic ones come in, but I think, it's a worthwhile investment, since I have more space! Now, I just have to wait for the next sale to buy more hangers for the rest of our clothes!

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Hi, my name is VEL and I am a Mom, Wife, Kiddiedoc, an All-things-design fan & blogger. This is my online journal of things that are beautiful and wonderful to me, and hopefully, to you too! Welcome and enjoy!